Ah yeah, been there three times trying to resuscitate people, one my mother, two strangers, none successful... you can't kick yourself or second guess what would have happened 'if only I had....', the ambulance people said they can get them back, but it can be very messy, they did with one bloke, but after a few weeks in ICU he was decla…
Ah yeah, been there three times trying to resuscitate people, one my mother, two strangers, none successful... you can't kick yourself or second guess what would have happened 'if only I had....', the ambulance people said they can get them back, but it can be very messy, they did with one bloke, but after a few weeks in ICU he was declared brain dead and they turned off life support for him. In every case ribs did pop, as Paul says but that's just a polite term for breaking them, the older people are the more likely their ribs will break through brittleness. If you are involved it is very important that you're there for next of kin as I found it helps them know what happened, it provides closure if the soul you've tried to save makes it, or not.. I inadvertently captured one whole episode on my car cam because I parked my car to protect the guy who had collapsed on the road and had the whole lot on video, saved it for the family just in case, but they felt they couldn't bear to watch those last moments, we had him going for 10 minutes then the ambos had him for twenty minutes until they called 'coach' on him, it was sad, it tears you to bits but the reality of it is that you did what you could and it mostly doesn't work out unless they were sort of healthy to begin with. At least if you do succeed in reviving them, yes, they may be worse off, but they might not be dead, at least they get a chance then to properly say goodbye before their time comes..
Ah yeah, been there three times trying to resuscitate people, one my mother, two strangers, none successful... you can't kick yourself or second guess what would have happened 'if only I had....', the ambulance people said they can get them back, but it can be very messy, they did with one bloke, but after a few weeks in ICU he was declared brain dead and they turned off life support for him. In every case ribs did pop, as Paul says but that's just a polite term for breaking them, the older people are the more likely their ribs will break through brittleness. If you are involved it is very important that you're there for next of kin as I found it helps them know what happened, it provides closure if the soul you've tried to save makes it, or not.. I inadvertently captured one whole episode on my car cam because I parked my car to protect the guy who had collapsed on the road and had the whole lot on video, saved it for the family just in case, but they felt they couldn't bear to watch those last moments, we had him going for 10 minutes then the ambos had him for twenty minutes until they called 'coach' on him, it was sad, it tears you to bits but the reality of it is that you did what you could and it mostly doesn't work out unless they were sort of healthy to begin with. At least if you do succeed in reviving them, yes, they may be worse off, but they might not be dead, at least they get a chance then to properly say goodbye before their time comes..